Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Shot with the new Celestron Advanced VX mount and 6" 750mm f/5 scope.
Canon 7D prime focus.
Moon is ISO 100 1/1000 second.
Arcturus is ISO 400 5 seconds
Double Star Pollux ISO 400 1/100 second

Moon cropped for detail

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Arcturus uncropped

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Double Star Pollux Cropped for detail

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9 photo moon stack

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Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Jupiter with the same setup.
ISO 160 1/160th second

Uncropped

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Heavy Crop Single Frame


Cropped and tweaked in Lightroom

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45 stacked and cropped

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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

That scope and new mount is really working out for you Jim.
Nice shooting.
Craig

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Thanks Craig.
I got the adapter yesterday so that I can put the Losmandy mount scopes on and of course the clouds rolled in.
Partly cloudy today and tonights looking like clouds again.
Maybe later in the week I can try it with the 8" SCT.

guts Loc: texas.

Nice stuff Jim,Looks very promising,Still have not got to try my Starsense yet either to cold or raining,Oh well warm weather is just around the corner.

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

I can't wait for both of you guys to tryout the new equipment and get back with all the details.
Craig

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Is Arcturus looking like a big orange star in the Westerly skies?
I was wondering the other night and took some (woefully inadequate) shots of it... I think... :roll:

Sorry for the stupid question. :oops:

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Not stupid at all Sonny.
How late in the evening?
If I had an approximate time I could tell you.
It might have been Mars if very early, it might have been Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse is very orange colored.
Download this program from Stellarium, its free and is a great way to learn your way around the stars at a particular time of night.
http://www.stellarium.org/
Also Celestron has a free app for Iphone and Ipad that is really nice.
Its called SkyPortal.
I hope this helps.

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Probably around 10-11-12 ish. California (PST) 22:00 to 24:00
Clouds were on-again, off-again, obscuring Orion. It was probably later.
But Orion was Westerly and I saw an orb just like what you show in your Arcturus photograph. It intrigued me enough to take some pictures of it. It looked rather orange in comparison. Much like your photograph.
I accidentally deleted the entire shoot when I intended to delete a single OOF shot. I didn't realize the folder was highlighted, and I was staring at the OOF shot. Duh!
I was so PO'd at myself.
But hey, those stars will go by again.

Thanks for the Stellarium link. I do have it on my Smarter-than-me-phone. But didn't pull it out of my pocket.
I have other app's as well, Star Walk is one we have on both IPads. But a big slate like an IPad tends to get in the way.
Which just sparked a new idea...
If I mount the phone beside or over the scope, maybe I can glance up and see what the app sez is in the sky. Something new to try...

I must have been running on Extra Dumb octane that night. :roll:
Hopefully, if I can muster the energy, I'll get some shooting in tonight. My tripod is already set up. Just add a head, and shoot.
I made some "landing pads" on the deck (concrete pool deck) for the toes of the tripod to index on.
("Landing Pads" sounds better than fender washers glued down.)
Definitely having fun with this...

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

My best guess is Alderbaran.

Alderbaran

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SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

That certainly looks like the picture in my memory!
Great Call, Albuqshutterbug!
Thanks!

I hope you don't mind....
My prototype...
(Yeah, it's just a spotting scope. :oops: )

Less Guessing...

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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

That is really interesting Sonny. Great setup for learning the skies.
Craig

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Believe me, Craig, I need all the help I can get.
:lol:

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Looks like an excellent way to learn to me.
:thumbup:

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Nice series... especially the stacked Jupiter photo... I have to learn how to stack photos... so much more detail then a single shot can give you...